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[xyliette]

Title: Almost There, Going Nowhere
Part: 42/?
Pairing: Mark/Addison
Rating: R
Summary: Addison attempts to start her life over post Season 3 and runs into a barrel of trouble trying to get there. Previous parts can be found here.

Comments

[hopelessly_lazy]

Seeing this update was just an awesome end to a tiring day. I so feel for Mark and four kids even more so since the last few months, I've been taking care of a three year old and a 7 month old and they exhaust me, so adding a couple of newborns to the mix....I'd break. Lol. I loved Mark noticing the little things Addison did help with when she was in Seattle and that he's really starting to find his own balance with his incredibly dysfunctional family.

And the end?! Umm, I totally teared up and screamed "YES" out loud because Addison crying with her baby in pain is pretty much the best thing ever to read in this emotional as all hell fic.

Thank you for updating. And for not forgetting about this story because it's brilliant and beautiful and at some point, I'm going to need to be let off the ride, but for now the rollercoaster of emotions I feel when I read it is just too good.

[xyliette]

There's a 6 month old in my world, and he's exhausting. I couldn't even imagine what I'm writing...which is probably bad.

Mark is coming into his own, I'm proud. And I don't think I could ever forget about this beast, but it is tiring to write. But it's too huge to quit, and I kind of want to stick it out and see them get all cute. My stories write themselves, basically.

Thanks!

[irinirene]

THANK YOU! I was SO waiting for this! Well, you know that!
And :Part2? So good to read that at the end of the first part :)
I'm loving Addie baby steps towards motherhood: the end was s perfect. And I hope she'll keep on improving, 'cause this fic is really good but also a little exhausting and I really need some Addie-twins fluffy time.

Thnaks again and please update soon.

[xyliette]

It got too long to post in one entry, and LJ got mad. It's happened a few times before, but this was definitely the biggest chapter.
I'm glad you liked the end, I thought people might. I wanted to give her that victory. And they'll get better, and better, it's just a slow roll.

Thank YOU. :)

[citron_presse]

I was so excited to see the the notification for this in my inbox, and it's still one of my absolute favorite stories.

I love the progress they're making - slow and real, and the shift in balance between dysfunction and coping. They're messed up (oh, yeah - Mark thinking about marrying Derek's Addison was an brilliant intertwining of happiness and dark-and-twisty - I think I might have said "ouch" in my head and wanted to pet him at the same time) but they're making it work and it's lovely to see it done so realistically.

Perfect.

[xyliette]

they're making it work and it's lovely to see it done so realistically.
That's the only goal I have for this wild story, to throw an improbable series of actions out and then keep the responses as close to normal as humanly possible. Cause real life sucks, and that's all I'm saying.

Thank you, there's much more Mark/Derek-ness coming up. (I always want to pet Mark, especially after the latest episode w/Lexie (who I don't even enjoy, but damn!)) ;)

[citron_presse]

there's much more Mark/Derek-ness coming up
Oh, you're awesome. I can't wait.

I always want to pet Mark, especially after the latest episode w/Lexie (who I don't even enjoy, but damn!)

The writing and acting sort of obscured the impact for me at first. (Except when he finally backed off, which was very well done and very in character, and broke my heart.) But I started to think and proto-fic in my head and remember all the screwed-up reasons I love him and, yes . . . damn!

[xyliette]

Is it weird that all the speeches he gave to Callie, and all the words he said to Lexie, I just kept picturing Addison. Damn, four seasons later, they still kill me. :)

[irinirene]

Can I ask u to post this on fanfic also? I can't always check on here, and having the fic up at both sites would be great.

Last request:any idea on when you'll be able to update. I'm already dying to read more. I know, I'm annoying. Sorry.

[xyliette]

It is up there, but it's always listed as M on the rating for well, obvious reasons, so that's probably why it is not so visible.

LOL, I'm using the momentum on the next chapter.